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Chapter 4- First age of Empires Flashcards

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New Kingdom

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  • after overthrowing Hyksos, the pharaohs strengthened Egypt by making it an empire
  • Egyptians became conquerors
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Hatshepsut

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  • a pharaoh of the New Kingdom

- she encouraged trade rather than conquest

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Thutmose III

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  • Hasheputs stepson

- warlike ruler

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Nubia

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  • region of Africa that straddled the upper Nile river

- Thutmose III’s armies pushed all the way south into Nubia

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Rameses II

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  • a Pharaoh of New kingdom
  • made peace treaty with a Hittite King
  • was a great builder of the New Kingdom
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Piankhl

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  • Kushite King
  • overthrew the Libyan dynasty that had ruled Egypt
  • Kushites ruled Egypt
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Meroë

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  • Kushites defeated by Assyrians, who took over Egypt
  • Kushite Royal family moved there
  • it lay closer to the sea so the trade flourished
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Assyria

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  • beginning around 850 BC

- acquired a large empire by advanced military and weaponry

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Sennacherib

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  • Assyrian King

- bragged that he destroyed cities and villages, burned Babylon and ordered inhabitants to be killed

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Nineveh

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  • Assyrias capital
  • along the Tigris river
  • a walled city
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Ashurbanipal

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  • Assyrian King
  • collected many clay tablets in Ninevahs library, one of the ancient worlds largest libraries
  • one of the last mighty Assyrian kings
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Medes

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-combined army of Medes and Chaldeans and others burned and leveled Nineveh

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Chaldeans

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-combined army of Medes and Chaldeans and others burned and leveled Nineveh

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Nebuchadnezzar

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  • Chaldean King
  • restored city of Babylon
  • Chaldeans made Babylon their capital
  • Nebuchadnezzar made the hanging gardens in Babylon
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Cyrus

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  • Persian King
  • conquered many neighboring kingdoms
  • military genius, was kind to all conquered people, honored their local religions and the people
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Cambyses

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  • Cyrus’ son
  • conquered Egypt, scorned all Egyptian religion, burned Egyptian idols
  • rebellions across empire after his death
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Darius

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  • Persian King after Cambyses
  • began career as a member of the kings body guards
  • seized throne, brought peach and stability to empire
  • great warrior
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satrap

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-governor who ruled locally, or for each province

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Royal road

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  • ran from Susa in Persia, to Sardis in Anatolia

- excellent system of roads helped Darius communicate quickly

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Zoroaster

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-Persian prophet, taught that the earth is a battle ground between the spirit of good and spirit of evil

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Confucius

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  • China’s most influential scholar

- lived when Zhou dynasty in decline

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filial piety

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  • what children should practice

- respect for their parents and ancestors

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bureaucracy

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  • trained civil service

- those who run government

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Daoism

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  • philosophy of Laozi

- the understanding of nature, pursues scientific studies

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Legalism

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  • believed that highly efficient and powerful government was the key to restoring order in society
  • Hanfeizi and Li Si were among the founders
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I Ching

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-book of oracles to solve ethical or practical problems

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yin and yang

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  • two powers together represented the natural rhythms of life
    yin: black, all that is cold, dark, and mysterious
    yang: white, all that is warm, bright, hard, and clear
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Qin Dynasty

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  • replaced Zhou dynasty

- employed Legalistic ideas to unify the country

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Shi Huangdi

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  • after ruling 20 years, the Qin ruler assumed this name
  • means “first emperor”
  • he doubled China’s size
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autocracy

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-government that has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner

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hyksos

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  • asiatic invaders, invaded and ruled Egypt

- Hyksos invasion shook Egyptians confidence in its desert barriers

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